– As previously reported, former WWE superstar Shelton Benjamin made a surprise appearance prior to Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings from Houston, Texas. Benjamin defeated Curt Hawkins in a dark match that got solid reviews from fans in attendance. Benjamin reportedly received a good reaction from his hometown crowd.

Following the match, Benjamin wrote on Twitter:

“just got home from a completely unexpected day. Got to see some friends i haven’t seen in awhile. The WWE FANS.”

“for now all i can say is i may or may not be returning to wwe, but tonight was a good time.”

Benjamin was released from WWE last April after a 10-year run with the company that included 3 Intercontinental title reigns, two WWE tag title reigns and a United States title reign.

the only manager role they have at the moment to get someone over is Vickie…but she is with Dolph Ziggler atm so thats out, he can be good on the mic, he just needs to build the confidence

Aaron

can’t he just have a manager? Or has WWE given up on managers?

Stashathan

SHELTON REALLY DOES NEED TO COME BACK, BUT ONLY IF THE WWE
IS READY TO UTILIZE HIM TO HIS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. CHECK IT, TBH I THINK cENA’S MIC SKILLS REALLY SUCK. HE SAYS THE SAME EXACT THING EVERY WEEK AND HIS JOKES ARE SOMETHING STUPID. SHELTON’S WERE BETTER IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT… IDK I JUST HATE CENA AND WISH WWE PUSHED SHELTON A BIT MORE

Tom… Just Tom

@ mj…. Shelton actually debuted on Sunday Night Heat as a single competitor around mid 2001. He was repackaged as a member of Team Angle in 2002 with Charlie Haas.

got milk

@rucdogg back in the day,. The talking is what made alot of these guys. Now its a bunch of sissy pg assholes.
Im mean what my catch….Im awesome. what the fuck.

Rucdogg

Uh, last I checked Goldberg sucked on the mic, so did sheamus, hell so does cena, would it kill them to let a guy come out and just outWRESTLE people to keep the world title, who cares about talking.

http://mj380766@hotmail.com mj

@millerj26 your wrong! shelton debuted on smackdon on september 2002 after being in OVW since 2000, Cena has been with the wwe since 2001

someone

Ronald… I think you are exagerating (yeah….. EXAGERATING!)
LOLOLOL

millerj26

@kpnuttzlol. actually cena has been with the wwe just as long as Benjamin was and he debut on the main roster in 02 and Benjamin didn’t till 03. and the only reason cena has had a better push is because Benjamin cant talk, stupid, but that’s why if he could cut a good promo he would have been the man yrs ago

kpnuttzlol

I think Benjamin should come back and get a decent run. He’s a sound technical wrestler and he’s incredibly athletic.He was one reason why Mitb matches were worth watching.

And funny how someone who is athletic and can wrestle whos worked for 10 years seems to get burried instead of someone like Cena whos worked what 7-8 years up untiil Benjamin got released and won everytitle under the sun with 3 moves.

BIGG EZ

Bring the Brother back and give him a SERIOUS WWE or World Title push!
He’s paid his dues (10 Years)and he’s won every other title, so let him go for it!!!

I’m just sayin’…..

Ronald

Who else would love to see some matches between Benjamin and Swagger, Benjamin and Ziggler & Benjamin and Danielson? WWE could put on some damn good wrestling (yeah… WRESTLING!) matches if they chose to. I think they should make the US belt a true wrestling belt (yeah…. BELT!) and let the WWE and World titles be ‘entertainment championships’.

James Howlett

It would be great if they brought him back in time for Wrestle-mania for a Money In The Bank match. Sadly, don’t think they will have one with the whole Money In The Bank PPV.